After a dismal start with only 278 words in Days 1 and 2, today my wife and I buckled down and caught up on our word count goal for Day 3. For me, that means I am at 2138 words, which is not too shabby.
Of course, that means I need to explain that our word count goals are very different from those of most people doing NaNo, who would be expected to be at somewhere near 5000 words. Because we both pretty much missed the first two days, we decided to divide 50,000 words by the remaining days of the month. In addition we also have to take out all Fridays in Nov. because with preparations for Shabbat taking precedence, we rarely have time to write on Fridays during the day, and after sundown it’s Shabbat, so no writing at all. That always puts us in a bit of a disadvantage when doing NaNo, since we have to up our daily word count to make up for the days we cannot write.
This year it’s even worse, since Nov. 30 is on a Friday, which means we have to have our 50,000 words done and tallied by the NaNo website that same Friday, Nov. 30, no later than 5:12 pm, when Shabbat officially begins. Yes, we are a bit crazy to attempt this, but here we go!
50,000 words, here I come!
It’s that time of the year again: my favorite month is here, Autumn is in full swing (at least somewhere other than in Miami), Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and NaNoWriMo arrives to drive me crazy with getting 50,000 words written in 30 days. Yep, it’s November.
This year, more than any other before, I feel very unready for NaNo. I have absolutely no idea, at all, of what I’ll write, and while some thrive in that, I personally like to have at least a concept to go on. I have a couple of first sentences floating about in my head, but I don’t know where any of them lead. No matter – on Nov. 1st, I will once again take part in NaNoWriMo and see where it goes. It should be a little easier this year since we won’t be traveling during the Thanksgiving holiday (for the first time in 5 years of marriage!).
As always I will chronicle my torment here, so stay tuned.
Verified Wordcount: 50,148
I’m gonna go get some sleep. 
Wordcount: 49,005
Words to go: 995
Gonna eat something then put this baby in the bag.
Wordcount: 48,595
Words to go: 1,405 (+ at least 100 to make sure I am well over 50K)
Going home now. The drive back should give me the break I need to freshen up (well, that and a chocolate Quik). Then it’s butt-to-the-chair time; Grey’s Anatomy is on tonight and I want to watch the episode without feeling McGuilty.
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